NBA West Final: Luka Doncic keeps Dallas alive, beating Golden State

With the excellent performance of Luka Doncic, who was just an assist from getting a triple-double, the Dallas Mavericks beat Golden State 119-109 and, thus, remained alive in Western Conference Finals of the NBA, where the Warriors prevailed 3-1.

As always, the 23-year-old Slovenian is the star of the Mavericks, who took advantage of their location at the American Airlines Center to stay alive in the series. In particular, Doncic closed a sheet with 30 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists within 38 minutes on the court.

“Our defense is amazing now. That’s how we should play, when we play like this we are a dangerous team“, featured at a press conference after leading his team’s success.

Of the visiting franchise, Stephen Curry has the best statistics: scored 20 points, gave up eight assists and pulled down eight rebounds for 33 minutes where he was on the parquet.

The winner will meet in the NBA Finals against the winner in the Western Conference, where the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are tied 2-2. The match to tie the series, the best of seven games, will be played from 11:30 pm (Argentine time) this Wednesday, at the FTX Arena in Florida.

For its part, Dallas will play again this Thursday from 22, at the Chase Center in San Francisco. You will need to get a win to stay alive. Otherwise, Golden State will be the first finalist of the 2021-22 NBA season. In the league’s 75-year history, no team has returned to a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs..

NBA West Final: the narrative of Dallas ’victory against Golden State

On the Mavericks ’perimeter shipwreck in Game 3 (13-for-45), Kleber, Finney-Smith and Bullock all had an unfortunate and prominent spot at 2-for-17 from 3-point range between three.

In the first quarter of the game on Tuesday, Kleber, Finney-Smith and Bullock each added two three-pointers to put the Mavericks ahead on the scoreboard, closing the first quarter with a 28-24 lead.

In the second chapter, Brunson led the Mavericks to a 10-point advantage against a Warriors who were disoriented on defense and had no fluid on attack.

With no reaction from the guests, the Mavericks headed to the locker room with a very good feeling (62-47), especially due to the effectiveness of the three-point shots (11 of 23), which contrasted with the drought from the perimeter. of Warriors (3 of 16).

The delay due to leaks at the American Airlines Center in Dallas did not stop the Mavericks ’run. As a result, two consecutive Finney-Smith triples pushed the Warriors to seek an early time-out before finally losing the game (72-50 with 9:24 on the clock).

Then, two consecutive Dinwiddie triples led the hosts to their biggest advantage before the fourth quarter began (99-70).

Then, Kerr seemed to fold the towel and none of his starters stepped on the court at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Warriors substitutes ’0-9 run continued with excitement (99-79 with 9.32 left).

Thanks to Kuminga’s 3-pointer, Golden State was able to cut the lead to eight points. However, Doncic, along with the Warriors starters up front, were careful to seal the victory and remove the ghosts in the second game they lost after leading by 19 points.

With information from EFE

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